Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-06 6:52 PM Tapa Variations Contest XVI Date: 28th September - 1st October 2013 Length: 75+5 minutes IB and Submission Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/XVI/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-06 6:53 PM (#12607 - in reply to #12606) (#12607) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-06 6:53 PM Vote for the Tapa variations that you would want to see in TVC XVIWe are preparing TVC XVI puzzles considering result of the poll. Most voted 6 variations will be directly placed in TVC XVI. You can choose upto 5 variations.
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@ 2013-09-09 10:08 AM (#12640 - in reply to #12606) (#12640) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 187 Country : New Zealand | kiwijam posted @ 2013-09-09 10:08 AM For Perspective Tapa, if only three cells meet at a corner then not all 3 can be painted? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-14 9:31 AM (#12692 - in reply to #12606) (#12692) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-14 9:31 AM Voting closed now. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-23 11:46 AM (#12841 - in reply to #12606) (#12841) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-23 11:46 AM Instructions Booklet is now availableInstructions booklet for TVC XVI is now available. Please check the submission page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-26 12:20 PM (#12896 - in reply to #12606) (#12896) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-09-26 12:20 PM Extended by 24 hoursWe are extending TVC XVI by 1 day (it ends 24 hours later than usual), so that players can participate both in WPMM and TVC more comfortably. I realize LMI is having too many contests in last 2 months (few more are still lined up before WPC), but I hope everyone is enjoying the contests and getting good practice for WPC.Exact time in your timezone is available in the submission page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-27 3:06 AM (#12902 - in reply to #12606) (#12902) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Para's Puzzle Site | Para's Puzzle Site posted @ 2013-09-27 3:06 AM Link to original post : TVC XVI PractiseHello from Vancouver. Currently travelling before the WPC in Beijing. Need to be relaxed when I arrive there. Although maybe adding a small jetlag isn't totally the smartest thing. I was better located in Australia for that.I wasn't sure if I could post any puzzles this week for the upcoming TVC XVI at Logic Master India.. I wrote a few puzzles on the plane, so I figure I'd share those. I hope they are of some use to people. Hopefully I will be able to compete in the last few days of the CTC and the last TVC. We will see. Everyone have fun at least. There are four Tapas in this post. The first puzzle is a Symmetric Tapa. This rule is very influential in the solve, so you really don't need many clues if you place your rectangles smartly. This one has four clues, but really shouldn't be that difficult a solve. I made it 11x11 as that way the rectangles would less likely share an edge if I placed all dots on grid points. The second puzzle is a Toroidal Tapa. I like this variant. It's a bit trickier to design as you need to set a lot more blocks to make sure you can guide the wall where you want it to. I think this is a genre that can always use some practise, especially with looking around the edges of the grid. This puzzle is 12x12 as I liked this pattern of givens. The third puzzle is a Transparent Tapa. This is the only genre that hasn't previously appeared on a TVC, so I figured I should at least make one of these. Although people can find a few of them on Prasanna Seshadri's blog. Oddly enough this rule change only means there is one clue that is invalid in normal Tapa. This one is also 12x12. I made an opening and then I noticed it would work more effectively in the corner of the grid. But to make a nice pattern of givens it would be better for the grid to be 12x12. The fourth puzzle is a Alternative Tapa. This is the hardest of the four puzzles. This is not caused by the variant, as it's not overly influential in the solve. But the normal Tapa bit is pretty challenging and should give you all a bit of a challenge. Although maybe with the CTC you've had enough of those already. This one is 11x11 as it worked nicely with the TVC XVI pattern of letters. Enjoy and have fun this weekend. Puzzle can be found below. Read more » Posted in TVC, Tapa, Puzzle, LMI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 8:13 AM (#12923 - in reply to #12606) (#12923) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-28 8:13 AM
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@ 2013-09-28 3:06 PM (#12926 - in reply to #12606) (#12926) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-28 3:06 PM Updated puzzle bookletAn updated version of puzzle booklet was uploaded at 2:57PM server time (9:27AM GMT) on 28th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 5:13 PM (#12929 - in reply to #12606) (#12929) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 170 Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2013-09-28 5:13 PM . (Edited as the forum is not restricted. The problem will be looked into shortly) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 6:00 PM (#12930 - in reply to #12929) (#12930) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 170 Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2013-09-28 6:00 PM Oh, very sorry, somehow I thought they were always restricted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 6:19 PM (#12931 - in reply to #12930) (#12931) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 183 Country : Turkey | yureklis posted @ 2013-09-28 6:19 PM rob - 2013-09-28 6:00 PM Oh, very sorry, somehow I thought they were always restricted. please check the PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 6:37 PM (#12932 - in reply to #12606) (#12932) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-09-28 6:37 PM Updated puzzle bookletAnother updated version of puzzle booklet was uploaded at 18:32 server time (13:02 GMT) on 28th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 7:00 PM (#12933 - in reply to #12930) (#12933) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-09-28 7:00 PM rob - 2013-09-28 6:00 PM You don't need to be. It is my responsibility to make the thread restricted, but I didn't do it since I didn't know how to do it. There are 2 ongoing tests with two different set of players having access to the threads. Luckily Prasanna gave a simple solution that we can make both the threads restricted and players finishing both the tests should have access. Oh, very sorry, somehow I thought they were always restricted. So the thread is restricted now, with the above condition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 7:03 PM (#12934 - in reply to #12933) (#12934) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-09-28 7:03 PM Link to score page : http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/XVI/score.asp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-28 11:47 PM (#12936 - in reply to #12606) (#12936) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 20 Country : Romania | Rubben posted @ 2013-09-28 11:47 PM
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@ 2013-09-29 1:00 AM (#12938 - in reply to #12606) (#12938) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 1806 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-09-29 1:00 AM Nice sprint format to end TVC. I thought I wouldn't finish there. I don't feel comfortable as much with Filler and I was completely (and needlessly) stuck on the bottom Tapa Tapa. All of the puzzles were excellent. I did use a little intuition on the bottom Toroidal. Considering this was a TVC with a lot of variants I'm not comfortable with, I'm happy to have finished, albeit in penalty time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-29 1:03 AM (#12939 - in reply to #12606) (#12939) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-09-29 1:03 AM
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@ 2013-09-29 1:12 AM (#12940 - in reply to #12606) (#12940) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 1806 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-09-29 1:12 AM Looking back at the penalty, I'll probably be losing quite a lot of points for submitting that last puzzle because of the penalty time. I hope there's some provision for the submissions that cause the score to drop to not get counted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-29 3:51 AM (#12941 - in reply to #12606) (#12941) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 31 Country : United States | RALehrer posted @ 2013-09-29 3:51 AM
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@ 2013-09-29 10:02 PM (#12943 - in reply to #12606) (#12943) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 30 Country : France | Grizix posted @ 2013-09-29 10:02 PM
No clue which grid is which on the kakuro styled page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-30 3:59 AM (#12946 - in reply to #12606) (#12946) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2013-09-30 3:59 AM All was going ohk until after test i saw i have done silly mistake in two of puzzles. :( Anyways nice puzzles. Will solve the remaining ones. :) Thanks to authors for such wonderful test :) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-09-30 12:51 PM (#12960 - in reply to #12606) (#12960) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 43 Country : Japan | xevs posted @ 2013-09-30 12:51 PM
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@ 2013-09-30 4:00 PM (#12964 - in reply to #12606) (#12964) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-09-30 4:00 PM
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@ 2013-09-30 7:27 PM (#12970 - in reply to #12606) (#12970) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 241 Country : Indonesia | chaotic_iak posted @ 2013-09-30 7:27 PM
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